Car structure.



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GAR STRUCTURE. t

` Anmonrox HLED JULY 29.1901.

, rammed. sepa 15,1908.

JOHN nDwARD ANGER, oF PRESTON, ENGLAND.

CAR STRUCTURE.

Specification f Letters Patent.

,rater-.tea sept. 15,1908.

Application filed July 29, 1907. Serial No. 386,05.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JGHN EDwAnD NGER,

y a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Preston, in the county of Lancaster, in the Kingdom of England, works manager, have invented certain new and usetul Iin proveinents in Cai' Structures, for which application. has been made in Great Britain, fo. 15,255, dated July 2, 1907.

This invention relates more especially7 to that class of car which can beconverted from the open type for suininei' use, into the closed type for winter use or vice versa, and has for its object to provide a cai' structure in which large openings can be made by lowering the window sashes or other closures in a vertical direction. Hitlierto in this type of car, the sashes to open them, have been raised into storage boxes above the side openings and behind the ventilators and weather boaid, and the lower section of the sash when being raised came against abutineiits on the upper section so that the lifting of the lower sash lifted the upper one also. The objection of this arrangement was firstly-that the distance between the cant rail of the roof, and the upper belt rail that deiines the top of the side o )enings of the car, had to be very considerable, so as to )roviile storage pockets dee i enough to receive the saslies, and, second y, the impact of the lower' sash coming against the upper sash when raising thein, was apt to strain oi' break the sashes or the glazing thereof, also the. sashes were sometimes liable to stick when being changed from the open to t-lie closed position or vice versa.

B v the present invention I make the sliding sash in two sections as before, but arrange the structure so that they are lowered to open them instead of raising them.

ln the accompanyingdrawiiigs,-Figure 1 is a vertical section through the side of a car constiaicted in accordance with inv invention; Fig. 2, a cross section on the line m-b of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a cross section on the line c-1I of Fig: 1.

In carrying car body may the invention into effect, the be of any convenient type.

lt is prefei ably provided with side sills A, to

support the llooring, and stanchions or side posts B. The side posts are extended up to `the cant rail C that supports the roof D, and

the roof can be of the ordinary arched type or a monitor roof constructed on the usual lines with ventilators therein by which the,

ear is ventilated when the sashes are closed. Sliding vertically between the stanehions or side postsB are sashes E, l", there being two sashes between each side post, sliding in separate grooves or rabbets E F l. 'l he rabbet-s or grooves El for the upper sashes E extend from or near the floor of the car upwardly to the cant rail C that defines the top of the side openings, and about half way u the length of the side openings this groove la* is widened considerably. The groove or rabbet F1 f or the lower sash'extends from the floor of the ear upwardly toa point about half Way between the cant rail and the belt rail H, and in this is mounted the lower sash F which rests when in its raised position on the'belt rail H, while its upper end lies innnediatel underneath the upper sash and flush wit it. A weather strip M can be provided for the meeting edges of the sashes. The top sash E is made wider than the bottoni sash F, and the grooves oi' rabbets Efor the top sash are therefore deeper than the grooves or rabbets F1 as shown in Fig. 3, so that at the place e where the two sets of grooves meet in line, there will be abutinents formed, which hold the top sash in the raised position and it cannot drop into the grooves of the lower sash. or rabbcts are divided by a dividing strip K fastened to the side )ost-s by screws. To lower the lower sash l* the sash is lifted up slightly, and then slid down the i'abbet or groove in the side posts to below the level of-I the belt rail H. To lower the top sash E, it is necessary to lift it up slightly to clear the top of the metallic-strip K, then draw it inwards, and slide it down in its side groove or rabbet E'. A hinged cover I can be provid ed which can be closed down on tothe belt rail H when the sashes are lowered into their pocket J and thus hide and protect them. he inside grooves can have a. bead or ilaster L on the outside to forni the othei'ei ge of the inside grooves F. By this invention the upper sash E can be opened or closed ini dependently of the lower one F, or the lower one F opened or closed independently of the upper one E, or both lowered, thus Giving an opening from the cant rail, to sasi rail or belt. ra il H. Furthermore sticking of the sashes is prevented, and absolute freedom of movement secured, and the use of complex' devices for causing the lower sections F to en gage with and lift the upper portions E of the two or more sections.

sash are `avoided. Also vthe objectionable 'cavities below the roo for storing the snshes out of the way areentirely done ewa-y with. Further all sash lools`ere`di5pens'ed with, thus effecting e saving in cost. Of course the invention is not confined to what nre known es semi-convertible cars, es it dan be ap )lied to any ear where the seshes :treme-de in The rebbets in the stenchions for the upper und lower sashes being of different dept 1s enables the metallic strips K to be screwed against the shoulder or side of one of the rnbbets so ns to form e, division piece or guide for the lower sash, these metallic strips extending lfrom the bottom of the grooves to the top of the lower sash only, so es to-ullow the top sash to'be brought outwards and slid down on to the to of the lower sash.

l declare that what I claim is:-

1. In e. car structure, side stenehions, rebbets in seid sta-nehons for the upper and lower sashes made of different depths, the one for the lower sash being shellower than the one for the upper sash, end metallic strips screwenl against the shoulder or the side of one of the rabbets so es to form e division piece or guide or the lower sash, these metallic strips extending from the bottom of the grooves to the top of the lov-'er sash only, so es to allow tl/re top sesh to be brought inwards, sind slid down on the inside of thel lower sash,.substant1elly es described.

2. In e'enr structure having side stanehions sash rabbets in said stenchions, a, top

sash whose movement is determined by one set of rabbets, e bottom sash made somewhat narrower and whose movement is also determined bythe other set of rnbbets, and

the two sets of ra-bbets made of different 40 depths to correspond to the sashes, whereby where the two sets of rebbcts meet, ebutments will be formed on which the top sash rests in the raised position, so that it cannot fell into the rebbets of the lower sash, substantially es described. l A g,

3. In e cnr structure, side steneluons, rabt bets in said stenchions for the upper and A lower sashes mede o f different depths, the

ones for the lower sash being shellower than the ones for the upper sash, so that between' t l these rabbets shoulders are formed, which will prevent the upper sash enterino the rebbets ofthe lower one, substantiely esdescribed. v In w1tness whereof, I have hereunto swned my neme, in the presence of two subscri ing witnesses.

' JOHN EDWARD ANGER.

Witnesses:

H. Yi-vrsoN, 'H. CoULsoN. 

